Yeah, well as they say, it's easy to look in the rear view mirror and say "Hey Jonesy! Your prediction is toast already. Ya dumb ass."
So you think 29-2 is still a possibility?I was just having fun with you
Seems like the separation is pretty small between Iowa and most of these Big 10 teams. I could honestly see Iowa ending up in the top 5 or the bottom 5.
That “pretty bad” Northeastern team just beat Illinois. There’s nothing bad about them, they are a solid 62 NET ranking.
The primary storyline of B1G mens hoops so far this season is the parity.
Agree. They're probably a lower half of the league team.
Define a “good team”. I think they are a borderline NCAA tournament team. I’d consider that good.
Power conference teams that make the tourney (i.e. top 40) are good teams.
The Iowa Fan prediction factor: Always predict 3 or 4 more wins than what they get. 7-13 in the league. 8-12 maybe if they make another buzzer beater at home.
Led 36 of 40 minutes. Iowa did outplay them. Don't be a dipshit
It's a 40 minute game. Didn't out play. ISU would win that game 9 out of 10. I will give Fran props, he got all he could out of that roster. Never seen Iowa shoot the 3 that good.
Lol you're a fraud based on that last sentence. Iowa has shot the 3 much better most seasons besides THIS one.
Yes, Iowa did outplay Iowa State for a majority of the game, but final score is all that counts. You haven’t watched many Iowa games as they’ve got several decent 3 point shooters. I think Iowa shot 11 out of 28 (39%) from 3-point land, which is a %-tage that should be doable most nights. I actually was surprised by the good 3-point shooting of isu down the stretch, as they are more known for their defense. I knew the the foreign kid could shoot 3’s, but other clown players hurt Iowa tonight. Of course, they were wide open shots. 😳. What killed Iowa was their lack of offensive rebounding. A Reggie Evan’s type player is sorely needed. I don’t watch isu games (unless they are playing Iowa), but appears that TJ went out and got several big body slugs, who provided a rebounding advantage tonight.
I just haven't been to impressed with any one teams play as of yet. No top ten teams, and I'm not surprised. Athletic
For being ranked #3 in the country, I wasn’t overly impressed by isu tonight. Wow, they snuck by an average Iowa team…congrats, I guess.
Actually just checked https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/mbball/cumestats/season/2024-25/. This year the 3PT% for Iowa is .372. The last time it was higher was in 2020-2021, at .386, but on a bit fewer attempts. It was also slightly higher in 2017 (.375), 2016 (.379), and 2015 (.374), but on lower attempts per game than this year. The real difference was the tail of the two halves. Iowa started out a sizzling 6 of 7 (~86%) and was still over 53% for the first half. That dropped to ~33% in the second half, but was >44% for the game, so still above average. In the last 10 years including this one, the Hawks had 5 years below the current year average and 4 above.
